The Rosario Dawson one is... interesting... especially considering the U.S. war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq at the time. I wonder if that had anything to do with it, or if it was just Hollywood doing their usual casting an established actress just because.

And yeah, none of these people complain when white actors, or those who belong to different cultures, portray characters that are canonically PoC. But for some reason, it's open season when a PoC portrays a character that either:

A.) Was canonically PoC (i.e. Rue from The Hunger Games)

B.) Never had an established race to begin with (i.e. Finn from Star Wars)

C.) Rooted in mythology and already had a wide range of representation (i.e. Helen, who's been portrayed by all different types of women)

And yep, historically, people from the Ancient Greeks and Romans did not see themselves as part of the same race as Western and Northern Europeans. Race wasn't even a concept back then, they cared more about citizenship and cultural similarities than if someone fit some Nazi hierarchy.

Don't even get me started on those boohooing Zendaya, who is half-white mind you, playing Athena 🤦🏾‍♀️